Just Earth News | @justearthnews | 27 Aug 2018, 07:58 am Print

Tehran: A magnitude 6 earthquake killed at least two people, after it struck Iran on Sunday, reports said.
Apart from the deceased, identified as an old man and a pregnant woman, over 300 others sustained injuries.
The man, said to be around 70 years of age, died of a cardiac arrest.
According to the US Geological Survey (USGS), the quake struck about 26 kilometers (16 miles) southwest of the city of Javanrud in Iran's Kermanshah province.
Several aftershocks, including two around magnitude four, were felt by residents.
The city of Tazehabad was the worst affected, where most number of casualties were recorded.
According to reports by Iraqi media, the shock was felt in Baghdad too, some 300 kilometres from where the quake hit.
Kermanshah governor Houshang Bazvand said that at least 500 houses were destroyed.
Images; Social media
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